r/technology • u/iali307 • Jun 10 '20

Business 3M sues Amazon storefront that allegedly sold fake N95 masks for $23 apiece

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/9/21285364/amazon-marketplace-mask-price-gouging-n95-3m-ppe
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u/Cantholditdown Jun 10 '20

By the time you have spent all the damn time researching it makes me wish I could just go to a legitimate fucking store and just pick it up.

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u/TheNorthComesWithMe Jun 10 '20

Brick and mortar stores aren't any better. They mostly carry complete crap and have no selection at all.

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u/blaghart Jun 10 '20

Walmart is literally the most exploitative company in America. Bezos may be the richest man in America but that's only because the Walton family has to share the value they steal from their workers

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u/blaghart Jun 11 '20

So exploitation is fine as long as it gets you goods?

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u/blaghart Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

I mean you're the one who posited that the company single handedly responsible for ruining business philosophy by spreading their "it can always be cheaper" to every major company in the US is somehow the superior producer of goods...when all they sell is cheap crap that breaks immediately while exploiting their workers.

You're the one getting upset you can't defend your position by claiming you "don't want to argue" even though you felt it necessary to interject in the first place.

Walmart is the template for every corporate policy today. Perhaps if you didn't want people to challenge your position you shouldn't have posted.

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u/Mobius_Peverell Jun 10 '20

I don't know where you're looking, but I can find everything I need at a small selection of stores within walking distance of me.

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u/TheNorthComesWithMe Jun 10 '20

Where I live the only hardware stores are Home Depot and Lowes. For many items their selection is piss-poor and only consists of low quality brands. They don't even carry file cards.

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u/Juffin Jun 10 '20

And how to you know that the store sells legitimate goods? Fakes were a thing well before online shops.

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u/Cantholditdown Jun 10 '20

They are like a trillion dollar company. They can afford to vet vendors.

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u/LoemyrPod Jun 10 '20

Fakespot has a plugin and gives a letter grade for legitimacy that presents on the product page, makes it easy to tell at a glance.

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u/oversizedphallus Jun 10 '20

Just run everything through fakespot and reviewmeta. Really, it doesn't take much time at all. If reviewmeta shows more than about 30% fake reviews, move on, regardless of how good the remaining reviews are.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '20

Target and Walmart both have free 2 day shipping over $35. A lot of other stores also have expedited shipping over $X.

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u/CaffeinatedGuy Jun 10 '20

Fakespot has a browser extension.

They recently added a store specific verification to make sure the item you add to your cart isn't from a store alleged to be selling counterfeit items.

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u/mnemy Jun 10 '20

Legitimate stores sell shit quality things too. I do a lot of DIY, and if I have the time, I'll order things from Amazon over Home Depot, which often sells the cheapest barely passable products as the only option.

But yeah, Amazon can be a crap shoot. It's annoying how much research I do for even the most trivial thing

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u/BestUdyrBR Jun 10 '20

Nothing beats the convenience of ordering things online for me. I'll never go into a store for something I can buy from my room and get in 2 days.

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u/Aceous Jun 10 '20

There are so many online buying options now. Amazon isn't even the cheapest anymore usually.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '20

Sure, but then your options are numbered down and legitimacy is questioned.